Decolonization and the Global Cold War in the 1970s

 Michael Hardt at an event held at the Volksbühne Theater in Berlin (2023).

Michael Hardt teaches political theory in the Literature Program at Duke University. His works combine philosophical investigations with analyses of our current political situation. Studying the current forms of social domination, including the mechanisms of capitalist control, which form the bases of the contemporary global power structures, is a central focus. Key, too, is engagement with contemporary social movements that refuse domination and present the potential for new, democratic modes of social organization.

His first book was Gilles Deleuze: An Apprenticeship in Philosophy (1993). Over the course of several decades, his collaborations with Antonio Negri resulted in six books: Labor of Dionysus (1994), Empire (2000), Multitude (2004), Commonwealth (2009), Declaration (2012), and Assembly (2017). His latest book, The Subversive Seventies (2023), analyzes liberation movements of the 1970s in a wide range of countries throughout the world, highlighting their relevance for political struggles today. Sourced from Scholars@Duke.

The Subversive Seventies by Michael Hardt.

“People often think of the 1960s as the last great revolutionary period, but, important though they were, they now belong to a previous historical period. The progressive and revolutionary movements of the 1970s, instead, are the beginning of our era. They identified and developed the political problems that we still face today.  This exhibit wonderfully demonstrates the correspondences and communications among these movements in so many countries throughout the world."- Michael Hardt, author of The Subversive Seventies.

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